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Nature Cell Biology 7, 961–968 (1 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncb1306

Microtubule-dependent microtubule nucleation based on recruitment of |[gamma]|-tubulin in higher plants

Takashi Murata , Seiji Sonobe , Tobias I. Baskin , Susumu Hyodo , Seiichiro Hasezawa , Toshiyuki Nagata , Tetsuya Horio & Mitsuyasu Hasebe

Despite the absence of a conspicuous microtubule-organizing centre, microtubules in plant cells at interphase are present in the cell cortex as a well oriented array. A recent report suggests that microtubule nucleation sites for the array are capable of associating with and dissociating from the cortex.